Quality of Life Comparison

If you lived in Tokelau instead of Germany, you would:

make 98.0% less money

Germany has a GDP per capita of $50,400, while in Tokelau, the GDP per capita is $1,000.

Basic Needs

be 32.8% less likely to have internet access

In Germany, approximately 89.6% of the population has internet access. In Tokelau, about 60.2% do.

Geography

see 95.8% less coastline

Germany has a total of 2,389 km of coastline. In Tokelau, that number is 101 km.

Tokelau: At a glance

Tokelau is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 12 sq km. Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in 1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925. Referenda held in 2006 and 2007 to change the status of the islands from that of a New Zealand territory to one of free association with New Zealand did not meet the needed threshold for approval.